With Copilot+ PC, Microsoft shifts the marketing of Windows 11 on Arm from efficiency and uptime to AI. I think that’s a mistake: this platform offers a unique combination of performance, efficiency, and battery life in thin and light laptops, which greatly undermines the long-standing advantages of the Apple Silicon-based MacBook Air. In fact, the … Read more
Laptops with Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus have arrived. As the first Microsoft Copilot+ PCs, these machines not only promise to perform AI-driven tasks locally, but should also have excellent battery life. Microsoft has tried Arm-based computers before, but these new devices could actually find success — and perhaps challenge Apple’s M-series Macs. … Read more
Snapdragon X Elite has had me nervously excited for the past few months. The promises were big and the benchmarks from Qualcomm’s own reference laptops were encouraging. But these results were picked to put the company’s chip in the best light (this is marketing, after all) and we didn’t know anything about battery life other … Read more
Today marks the launch of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X CPUs, marking the beginning of the Microsoft Copilot+ AI PC era. The first Microsoft Copilot+ AI PCs are here! And Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X CPUs are driving the new era Ever since Qualcomm announced its Snapdragon X Elite CPUs for Windows AI PCs, they have taken the market … Read more
Justin Long, the face of Apple’s iconic “I’m a Mac” commercials, now stars in a short Qualcomm skit promoting Snapdragon-powered PCs. During the Computex 2024 keynote, Qualcomm unveiled the new sketch featuring Long, who is known for his role in Apple’s “Get a Mac” commercials nearly two decades ago. Long is depicted as overwhelmed by … Read more
Poco is looking to shake things up again in the mid-range phone market this year with the launch of the F6 and F6 Pro. As we’ve come to expect from the Xiaomi sub-brand, both phones offer impressive features at competitive prices. The Poco F6 has the latest Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 processor, this chip is … Read more
AI PCs are here and they’re cheaper than you might have expected – the Microsoft Surface Laptop starts at $1,000 and comes in two sizes (13.8″ and 15″) and it’s a thin, light, portable yet powerful device that offers all the capabilities of Windows 11 AI smarts (as well as third-party AI features). Microsoft has … Read more
May 22, 2024 AI PCs are here and they’re cheaper than you might have expected – the Microsoft Surface Laptop starts at $1,000 and comes in two sizes (13.8″ and 15″) and it’s a thin, light, portable yet powerful device that offers all the capabilities of Windows 11 AI smarts (as well as third-party AI … Read more
May 22, 2024 Microsoft has announced a new category of personal computers called “Copilot+ PCs.” These are AI-focused machines that can handle more than 40 TOPS, so they handle many tasks locally, but cloud services are also part of that. We’re telling you all this because Samsung introduced one of the first Copilot+ PCs: the … Read more
What you need to know Microsoft’s Surface and AI event culminated in showcases for Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon Complete with NPU processing on the SoC for local AI operations, the new Copilot+ PCs feature much better battery life, cooling, and performance than comparable Intel-based ultrabooks today. Many apps and games need to run via emulation for … Read more